Prevalence of and factors associated with inappropriate Clostridioides difficile testing in a teaching hospital in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the increasing incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections in Korea, there has been an increase in inappropriate testing for C. difficile, which has rendered overdiagnosis of asymptomatic colonisers common. We aimed to investigate the appropriateness of C. difficile testing and the related factors.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who were admitted to a 1300-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital in Korea and were tested for C. difficile infection from September 2019 to November 2019. We performed logistic regression analysis to investigate factors related to inappropriate testing. Further, a survey was conducted on physicians to assess the knowledge and ordering patterns of C. difficile testing.

Results

We include

SUBMITTER: Jo HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9107266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature